i hear what you re saying and you didn t do anything wrong there. i want to talk to you about your recusal from the russian case. you cited cfr 445.2 saying you were involved with the campaign that triggered recusal. however, that regulation only applies to criminal xruprosecuts or investigations. when you recused yourself, that was a counterintelligence investigation, not a criminal investigation, so why did you cite that regulation to recuse from a counterintelligence investigation when its only applicability is for an intelligence investigation? i m not sure that that was expressed to me when i was given advice to it in those terms, number one. number two, could likely be interpreted as both, and, and, so i felt comey, he after you were recused, he testified march 20th, he said i m authorized to say there s a
ari fleischer from judicial watch, tom fitton, i don t even think this is the most egregious side of this. i don t like that he hired hillary clinton s attorney who worked under the clinton foundation, will put up all the donors, political donations from mueller s team that went to democrats, as we put that up on the screen. you have been able to identify a very specific statutes and laws as you explain them, 45.2 disqualification statute, why don t we put them up on the screen and you can explain them in what they mean? it means that if you have a personal relationship with somebody substantially involved in the case, you shall not serve as special counsel. it goes on to explain what a personal relationship is. it s a friendship that is viewed
ari fleischer from judicial watch, tom fitton, i don t even think this is the most egregious side of this. i don t like that he hired hillary clinton s attorney who worked under the clinton foundation, will put up all the donors, political donations from mueller s team that went to democrats, as we put that up on the screen. you have been able to identify a very specific statutes and laws as you explain them, 45.2 disqualification statute, why don t we put them up on the screen and you can explain them in what they mean? it means that if you have a personal relationship with somebody substantially involved in the case, you shall not serve as special counsel.. it goes on to explain what a personal relationship is. it s a friendship that is viewed as likely to induce partiality.
i don t i don t necessarily agree with him when it comes to jeff sessions, that he s not doing a good job on really following through with what donald trump promised during the campaign. i have to say i m disappointed in the president. seems to be, you know, now fixated on calling jeff sessions out again and again, because jeff sessions is carrying his water. jeff sessions is doing a great job on the policy front. as you mentioned. i didn t agree that jeff sessions should have recused himself. i didn t think he had to. i know there s justice department regulations but, you know, those are regulations that can be interpreted by the attorney general, and i think he could have held firm and not done it. i understand why donald trump was disappointed that he did it, but i don t think that s the reason the regulation is 28 cfr 45.2, notice that justice department employees shall not participate in a criminal investigation or prosecution if he has personal or political relationship wit
of federal regulations put out by the department of justice as part of the department of justice rules and it says this. i ll read from it. 28 cfr 45.2. unless authorized, no employee shall participate in a criminal investigation or prosecution if he has a personal or political relationship with any person involved in the conduct of an investigation. it goes on to say for political in a political campaign and it says if you have a close identification with an elected official or a candidate arising from service as a principal adviser, you should not participate in an investigation of that campaign.